You are here

Social Issues

Dallas Police Pension Board Approves Benefit Cuts; Asks For More Taxpayer Money To Avoid Collapse

Dallas Police Pension Board Approves Benefit Cuts; Asks For More Taxpayer Money To Avoid Collapse

For the past several months we've warned that the taxpayers of the City of Dallas, despite all of the tough talk coming out of their elected city council members, would ultimately be forced to bail out the failing Dallas Police and Fire Pension (DPFP) system.  And just last night the DPFP board voted 9-0 to approve a plan that would do just that. 

New Study Finds That Trump's Immigration Crack Down Could Cost $5 Trillion In GDP Over 10 Years

New Study Finds That Trump's Immigration Crack Down Could Cost $5 Trillion In GDP Over 10 Years

Earlier today we wrote about the impacts that Trump's immigration policies may have on the U.S. housing market (see "Could Trump's Immigration Ban Cause Another Housing Crash?"), but that's just the beginning of the story.  No matter where you come down on the immigration debate, like it or not, there are millions of low-skill jobs in this country, particularly in the Southwest, that our pampered, snowflake millennials wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole and are thus filled by "undocumented" workers primarily from Mexico and other portions of South America. 

Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, Blames Trump for Sweden's Riots

Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, Blames Trump for Sweden's Riots

Liberals are god damned crazy people. Don't try to convince me otherwise. I sat here for a good 10 minutes trying to frame this small story, not wanting to overhype or trivialize it either.

Here's a former cabinet member of Bill Clinton, a man who has worked in 3 democratic administrations, blaming Donald Trump on the riots that took place in Stockholm the other night -- which happened after police arrested a local drug dealer.

Trump Delays New Travel Ban To Next Week, No Reason Given Why

A White House official sai on Wednesday that Donald Trump is pushing back the release of his revised executive order on travel and refugees until next week. Trump had said that a revamped executive order, tailored to address legal issues that blocked his original travel ban, would be released this week.  No explanation was given for the delay, and it remains unclear how the White House will tweak the travel ban to prevent future legal challenges.

Pages